Joshua 24:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 `I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;
  • Rom 3:6 : 6 let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 let it not be! we who died to the sin -- how shall we still live in it?
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,' 39 and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.

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  • Josh 24:17-24
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    85%

    17for Jehovah our God `is' He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who hath done before our eyes these great signs, and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed;

    18and Jehovah casteth out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also do serve Jehovah, for He `is' our God.'

    19And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He `is'; a zealous God He `is'; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.

    20When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.'

    21And the people saith unto Joshua, `No, but Jehovah we do serve.'

    22And Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!')

    23and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which `are' in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'

    24And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'

  • Josh 24:14-15
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    14`And now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah;

    15and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which `are' beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah.'

  • Josh 22:29
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    29`Far be it from us to rebel against Jehovah, and to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for present, and for sacrifice, apart from the altar of Jehovah our God, which `is' before His tabernacle.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    75%

    35and Jehovah maketh with them a covenant, and chargeth them, saying, `Ye do not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,

  • Jer 22:9
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    9And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'

  • Josh 22:23-24
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    23`we are' building for ourselves an altar to turn back from after Jehovah, and if to cause to go up on it burnt-offering and present, and if to make on it peace-offerings -- Jehovah Himself doth require `it'.

    24`And if not, from fear of `this' thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel?

  • Deut 6:14
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    14ye do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who `are' round about you;

  • Deut 30:17
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    17`And if thy heart doth turn, and thou dost not hearken, and hast been driven away, and hast bowed thyself to other gods, and served them,

  • Josh 1:16
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    16And they answer Joshua, saying, `All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every `place' whither thou dost send us, we go;

  • Ezra 10:12
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    12And all the assembly answer and say `with' a great voice, `Right; according to thy word -- on us to do;

  • Exod 19:8
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    8and all the people answer together and say, `All that Jehovah hath spoken we do;' and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
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    19and if ye turn back -- ye -- and have forsaken My statutes, and My commands, that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them -- then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them,

  • Exod 24:3
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    3And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer -- one voice, and say, `All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.'

  • Deut 11:16
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    16`Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be enticed, and ye have turned aside, and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,

  • Judg 2:12
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    12and forsake Jehovah, God of their fathers, who bringeth them out from the land of Egypt, and go after other gods (of the gods of the peoples who `are' round about them), and bow themselves to them, and provoke Jehovah,

  • 2 Chr 7:22
    72%

    22and they have said, Because that they have forsaken Jehovah, God of their fathers, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, and lay hold on other gods, and bow themselves to them, and serve them, therefore He hath brought upon them all this evil.'

  • 1 Sam 12:20
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    20And Samuel saith unto the people, `Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah -- and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,

  • Exod 14:12
    71%

    12Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?'

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
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    6`If ye at all turn back -- you and your sons -- from after Me, and keep not My commands -- My statutes, that I have set before you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,

  • Jer 42:13
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    13`And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
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    12and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, `Ye do not do this thing;'

  • Deut 29:26
    71%

    26and they go and serve other gods, and bow themselves to them -- gods which they have not known, and which He hath not apportioned to them;

  • 1 Sam 8:19
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    19And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, `Nay, but a king is over us,

  • Josh 9:24
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    24And they answer Joshua and say, `Because it was certainly declared to thy servants, that Jehovah thy God commanded Moses His servant to give to you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we fear greatly for ourselves because of you, and we do this thing;

  • 1 Kgs 9:9
    71%

    9and they have said, Because that they have forsaken Jehovah their God, who brought out their fathers from the land of Egypt, and they lay hold on other gods, and bow themselves to them, and serve them; therefore hath Jehovah brought in upon them all this evil.'

  • Josh 23:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them;

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  • Josh 22:27
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  • 1 Sam 12:10
    71%

    10and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee.

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    20Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?

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